Hi Jeannie,
I don't think you've missed the point at all. In my experience, theater
training offers a much deeper understanding of these things than
organization studies does.
For example, the chapter in Keith Johnstone's "Impro" on status is by far
the best explanation of the micro dynamics of power that I have ever seen.
The challenge for me as an academic is bringing these insights into the
world of organizational studies.
- Steve
On 12/7/07 8:22 AM, "Jeannie Lindheim" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I appreciate Daved's email.
> One sentence says, "For example, while we know followers must attribute
> leadership qualities such as charisma and authenticity to leaders to allow for
> social influence, we know little about how these processes operate."
> I taught acting, movement and improvisation for 25 years and coach
> professional speakers and give workshops on Presence. So much of the training
> theater people do for leadership is all about presence which is charisma and
> authenticity.
> These are all skills that can genuinely be learned.
> I must be honest and tell you all, I am not an academic person even though I
> taught in universities for 20 years, and I don't understand all the terms used
> in many emails I read from Aacorn. (vulnerability is important to presence)
> But I think I understand how the process of leadership qualities operate, at
> least from the theater standpoint, which is my training.
> And then again, (I am also a hospital clown) maybe I misunderstood the whole
> discussion. I attribute that to my clown 'brain." warmly, Jeannie
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>> Hi Everyone. Three of our members<Hans Hansen, Arja Ropo, and Erika
>> Sauer<just
>> published a very nice paper on Aesthetic Leadership, in Leadership Quarterly.
>> Have a look! I think it sets the stage for a lot more work in the area.
>> Herešs
>> the link and the abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.09.003.
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>> Abstract
>> We introduce aesthetic leadership as a promising approach in leadership
>> studies. Two current movements in leadership research, the inclusion of
>> followers in leadership models and the exploration of subjective leadership
>> qualities, make taking an aesthetic perspective in leadership especially
>> attractive and timely. Aesthetics relates to felt meaning generated from
>> sensory perceptions, and involves subjective, tacit knowledge rooted in
>> feeling and emotion. We believe the aesthetics of leadership is an important,
>> but little understood, aspect of organizational life. For example, while we
>> know followers must attribute leadership qualities such as charisma and
>> authenticity to leaders to allow for social influence, we know little about
>> how these processes operate. We propose that followers use their aesthetic
>> senses in making these assessments. We relate aesthetic leadership to several
>> current topics in leadership research, and outline the assumptions and
>> methods
>> of aesthetic leadership.
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